by Amy Gillentine Published: August 13,2010
Tags: Memorial hospital, urgent care
Memorial Health System is paying nearly $1 million to move its urgent care clinic to a part of a city it says is underserved. The Springs Medical Clinic, now located on Pikes Peak Ave., just blocks from Memorial’s main campus, will move to the Kohl’s shopping center at Janitell Road and Circle Drive. Memorial officials say the [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: July 24,2010
Tags: Health Care, Memorial Commission
Months of research, deliberations and debate will come to an end for the Memorial citizens’ commission on Nov 22. That’s the date set for the commission to deliver its final report to the Colorado Springs City Council. The commission has been tasked with making recommendations to city council about the future of the city-owned hospital system. [...] [...]
Memorial Health System employees, worried that a sale of the network will eliminate their state-run pensions, could be better off under a different retirement plan. That’s the assessment of a growing chorus of think tanks and experts in the field who point to the troubles of public pensions nationwide. More than 4,000 of Memorial’s employees are members [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: July 3,2010
Tags: Health Care, Memorial Commission, town hall
Delivering women’s and children’s health care is typically more expensive, raising concerns among doctors who work with Memorial Health System that a sale of the system will mean fewer services for those groups. Memorial has three distinct hospitals on two campuses, including Memorial Hospital for Children. A number of pediatricians and other physicians turned out at a [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: June 26,2010
Tags: Memorial Health Services
A cloud is forming over Memorial Health System’s finances: lower patient volumes. So far, Memorial has been able to balance the trend — down 4 percent from last year and an additional 2 percent from the figure budgeted for this year — by lowering expenses. Eventually, though, layoffs and fewer services could be in the offing. But [...] [...]
by Allen Greenberg Published: June 22,2010
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Spectranetics Corp., a medical device company based in Colorado Springs, has agreed in principle to pay $8.5 million to settle a securities class-action suit against the company and several of its current and former officers and directors. The publicly traded company this morning also said it was ready to settle a stockholder derivative case naming [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: June 21,2010
As the Memorial citizens’ commission deliberates the future of Memorial Health System, it might do well to explore the histories of hospital networks that have already gone through the process. While it’s difficult to draw exact parallels, the experiences of two systems offer a glimpse into what can happen when a city or county government sets [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: June 5,2010
Tags: Memorial, Memorial Commission
A loss of local control, loss of coordination between health care providers and the loss of access to care by the poor – these are the big concerns of Colorado Springs health care leaders as a citizens’ commission decides the fate of Memorial Health System. [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: June 5,2010
Tags: Health Care, Memorial Commission
Memorial Health System is paying the consultant hired to help guide the citizens’ commission tackling questions about its future more than a quarter of a million dollars for a year’s work. So, who exactly is the commission getting for Memorial’s $285,000? There’s no doubt Larry Singer comes with impressive credentials. He’s an associate professor and director of [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: May 22,2010
Tags: Memorial, Memorial Commission
State Attorney General John Suthers’ decision to make a personal appearance May 25 before the Commission on Ownership and Governance of Memorial Hospital is creating a buzz. First, the appearance is rather unusual. How often do high-level state officials personally attend a local board’s meetings — particularly when the issue is of limited interest in the rest [...] [...]
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